Russia had nothing to do with what happened, nor Donbass freedom fighters. A Ukrainian warplane downed MH17 with an air-to-air missile, no one in Kiev held responsible for cold-blooded murder, killing all passengers and crew members aboard.

The NYT accused Putin of “swip(ing) at the West.” He accused it of “double standards (and) short-sighted indulgence” for supporting terrorist groups masquerading as moderates.

The Times called hard evidence pointing to Kiev’s responsibility for downing MH17 an “unsubstantiated theor(y).”

It mocked Russia’s display of military might, symbolizing its defeat of Nazi Germany, indicating no aggressive intentions against other nations, unlike how America operates.